Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [to-vb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Sunday following the manor fire , as Tom , Seb , Dolly and Carrie left Swinbrook chapel after the morning service , Christian asked them to come to the farmhouse . |
| 2 | And he invited him to come to the Mayday parade to see for himself . |
| 3 | He advised me to go to the Academy and work with Professor Dachauer . |
| 4 | The canal men at Gairlochy advised me to keep to the south-east of Loch Lochy and follow the disused rail track to Laggan instead of the forestry road on the other side . |
| 5 | A powerful urge told me to return to the station and get on the train back to Jamila 's place . |
| 6 | When I caught up with Jean-Claude , he told me to return to the cottage alone . |
| 7 | ‘ This woman told me to come to the church and do some healing . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 9 | He was dying and implored you to agree to the match because he and Horatia 's father were such old friends . |
| 10 | ‘ I told you to keep to the centre of the track . ’ |
| 11 | Benjamin thanked the groom and told him to return to the chateau . |
| 12 | It told him to come to the court on a certain day to defend himself before a Commissioner and the man who said he owed him money . |
| 13 | It caused him to scuttle to the edge of the path and roll into a ball . ’ |
| 14 | He had sworn at her , jeered at her , called her a lump of cold batter , told her to get to the devil , told her that he was sick of the sight of her , that he had married her for her money , that if she gave him any more of her canting preaching he 'd hit her one that she 'd remember . |
| 15 | This was the reason I asked you to return to the house of your childhood : because the places we have loved — or hated — as children remain in the mind as almost a structuring force . |
| 16 | A few months ago I asked you to write to the magazine with your queries about Silver machines , and suggestions for the subjects you 'd like me to write about . |
| 17 | As a matter of fact , he hated anyone to get to the post before himself , needed to be the first to turn them over and sort them out . |
| 18 | There was not a sound except the stamping hoofs and as she watched he allowed it to come to the ground , pacing it in that superb prancing way , its silken tail swaying . |
| 19 | Selecting the right sized Disc , we took a pan of milk and we allowed it to heat to the point where it was about to boil over . |
| 20 | Needless to say , when the local newscaster finally ended our agony and allowed us to return to the cricket , we discovered that the England captain had been dismissed . |
| 21 | He was approached from behind by a man who shoved a sharp object into his back and ordered him to return to the bar in Beaumont Street . |
| 22 | I urged them to listen to the voice of their individual conscience . |
| 23 | He urged them to look to the future , to ‘ carry the spirit of Alton General on into Treloar and build on it . ’ |
| 24 | Fred joined them and urged them to come to the cemetery in the funeral cars . |
| 25 | I urged her to go to the Council and complain . |
| 26 | ( 177 ) The police got him to confess to the crime . |
| 27 | They got him angry / They got him to go to the party ) . |
| 28 | Her husband , Vincent , asked her to go to the doctor and have it checked , but Louise held off for nearly four months . |
| 29 | That 's why I telephoned Eleanor last night and asked her to come to the house this morning . |
| 30 | Dušan 's ambition led him to aspire to the throne of Byzantium . |